Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health Policy

House Bill 2237 · Recreates Public Guardian and Conservator Task Force.

Sent April 22, 2011 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 3230 · Increases penalty for practicing dentistry without license to five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.

Sent April 20, 2011 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 3375 · Modifies provisions for development and maintenance of telephone service that provides referral information regarding services after emergency and health and human services.

Sent April 20, 2011 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 977 · Requires Department of Human Services to establish income eligibility limits and payment amounts for temporary assistance for needy families at specified percentages of federal poverty guidelines.

Sent April 15, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 76 days

House Bill 2068 · Clarifies authority of State Board of Psychologist Examiners to impose civil penalties.

Sent April 13, 2011 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2107 · Allows physician or provider to disregard declaration for mental health treatment if principal is committed to state hospital or facility in certain circumstances.

Sent April 13, 2011 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2395 · Requires individual who uses title "doctor" to designate health care profession in which individual's doctoral degree was earned on specified materials.

Sent April 12, 2011 · Reported out after 23 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2908 · Prohibits person from knowingly performing pelvic examination on anesthetized or unconscious woman unless woman, or person authorized to make health care decisions for woman, has given informed consent to examination, court orders performance of examination for collection of evidence or examination is necessary for diagnostic purposes.

Sent April 12, 2011 · Reported out after 34 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 3220 · Allows Oregon State Board of Nursing to use results of nursing assistant examination for continuing education purposes.

Sent April 12, 2011 · Reported out after 30 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 972 · Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for providing health care coverage for all Oregonians, including recommendations for constitutionally-dedicated sales tax, assumptions regarding private sector health care delivery options and elimination of need of employers to provide health insurance coverage to employees, and options to eliminate plan deductibles for persons below certain levels of federal poverty guidelines.

Sent April 4, 2011 · Reported out after 30 days · did not pass the Senate

House Bill 3138 · Authorizes State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules allowing pharmacist to prescribe and administer vaccines to persons who are at least 11 years of age.

Sent March 30, 2011 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2856 · Requires Department of Human Services to coordinate with other state agencies and local governments to find ways to reduce administrative and resource burdens on human services providers.

Sent March 29, 2011 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 962 · Requires state agencies to participate in Oregon Prescription Drug Program subject to exceptions.

Sent March 28, 2011 · Reported out after 32 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 964 · Requires Department of Human Services and county partners to implement Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs to provide family preservation and reunification child welfare services.

Sent March 28, 2011 · Reported out after 23 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2054 · Authorizes Department of Human Services to delay annual renewal of long term care facility license until compliance is certified following on-site inspection.

Sent March 25, 2011 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2314 · Allows person who is working as school social worker to be exempt from prohibition against person who is not regulated social worker using title, words or abbreviations indicating that person has authorization to practice regulated social work.

Sent March 25, 2011 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2878 · Specifies that Department of Human Services may approve application for home study submitted by Oregon resident who is seeking to adopt child in custody of specified government agencies or who is or has been under study or consideration by another public or private agency for placement of child for adoption.

Sent March 25, 2011 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2852 · Provides that agent or guardian of donor of body or body part may amend or revoke anatomical gift only under certain circumstances.

Sent March 22, 2011 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2111 · Modifies provisions relating to isolation and quarantine of persons with communicable disease and isolation of property contaminated with toxic substance.

Sent March 18, 2011 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2145 · Permits denturist to provide removable nonorthodontic dental appliance to be worn in human mouth.

Sent March 18, 2011 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2381 · Provides that State Personnel Relations Law applies to Oregon Board of Optometry, State Board of Massage Therapists and Physical Therapist Licensing Board.

Sent March 14, 2011 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2967 · Requires clinical laboratory to provide results of test to patient within specified amount of time upon patient's request.

Sent March 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 108 days

House Bill 2052 · Expands definition of "child" for purposes of payments to subsidize adoption made by Department of Human Services.

Sent March 11, 2011 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2057 · Expands definition of "person with a disability" for persons who are served by Department of Human Services.

Sent March 11, 2011 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 952 · Permits supervising physician or supervising physician organization to apply to Oregon Medical Board for dispensing authority for physician assistant.

Sent March 11, 2011 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

House Bill 2051 · Provides that Department of Human Services is to determine qualification for and set amount of adoption payments through negotiations with prospective adoptive parents.

Sent March 7, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 2058 · Authorizes Director of Human Services to impose civil penalty on unlicensed person providing adult foster care.

Sent March 7, 2011 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 854 · Requires Department of Human Services to provide nursing facility, institutional or home- or community-based services to needy individual who cannot live independently without risk of harm.

Sent March 1, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 121 days

Senate Bill 901 · Revises definition of ambulatory surgical center to include medical facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions.

Sent March 1, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 121 days

Senate Bill 936 · Establishes Task Force on Long Term Care to make policy recommendations to Department of Human Services and Governor concerning access to and quality of long term care and long term care workforce.

Sent March 1, 2011 · Reported out after 55 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 938 · Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to produce caseload forecasts for programs administered by Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority.

Sent March 1, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 121 days

Senate Bill 855 · Prescribes process for nominating individuals to serve as Long Term Care Ombudsman.

Sent February 28, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 122 days

Senate Bill 857 · Prohibits health insurer from unilaterally reducing or modifying contracted reimbursement rate due to primary care provider having claims totaling less than $1,000 in prior six months.

Sent February 28, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 122 days

Senate Bill 860 · Requires health benefit plan that provides coverage for prescription eye drops to provide coverage for one early refill for eye drops to treat glaucoma under certain circumstances.

Sent February 28, 2011 · Reported out after 58 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 861 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene workgroup to investigate alternative delivery systems for health care services funded by Medicaid and to report findings and recommendations to 2012 regular session of Legislative Assembly.

Sent February 28, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 122 days

Senate Bill 828 · Removes sunset on Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission .

Sent February 25, 2011 · Reported out after 46 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 850 · Specifies minimum reimbursement rate for primary care practitioner services provided under health benefit plan or to medical assistance recipient.

Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days

Senate Bill 851 · Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules prescribing rights of residents in residential care facilities, residential training facilities and residential training homes.

Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days

Senate Bill 852 · Creates Task Force on Mental Health and Addiction Services for Underserved Populations.

Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days

Senate Bill 858 · Requires insurers to reimburse independent nurse practitioners at same rate as physicians for same services.

Sent February 25, 2011 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 859 · Requires Department of Human Services to conduct study and report to Legislative Assembly during 2012 regular session on ways to streamline and expedite application process for long term care for individuals likely to meet financial criteria.

Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days

Senate Bill 879 · Directs Oregon Health Authority to convene work group to develop standards for administrative requirements for student placement in clinical training settings in Oregon and report to interim legislative committee on or before June 30, 2012.

Sent February 25, 2011 · Reported out after 38 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 880 · Requires independent audit of actuarial soundness of per capita rates determined by Oregon Health Authority for payment to prepaid managed care health services organizations if rates determined by Oregon Health Authority are not consistent with benchmark per capita rates determined by actuary retained by Health Services Commission.

Sent February 25, 2011 · Reported out after 54 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 888 · Establishes Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Plan, operated by Oregon Health Authority according to policies established by Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Board.

Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days

Senate Bill 757 · Authorizes minor to obtain victim services from victim services provider without parental consent.

Sent February 24, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 126 days

Senate Bill 748 · Requires person conducting child abuse investigation or making determination that child should be taken into protective custody and not returned to parent or responsible person to have advanced educational degree.

Sent February 23, 2011 · Reported out after 65 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 749 · Limits period of time that child may be in custody of Department of Human Services.

Sent February 23, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

Senate Bill 777 · Modifies list of debilitating medical conditions for which medical marijuana is available and removes power of Oregon Health Authority to add other debilitating medical conditions to list.

Sent February 23, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

House Bill 2048 · Authorizes Department of Human Services to maintain list of, instead of contracting with, lawyers and nonprofit legal services organizations to represent recipients of State Family Pre-SSI/SSDI program assistance in administrative hearings before Social Security Administration.

Sent February 22, 2011 · Reported out after 69 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2050 · Removes "permanent foster care" as option for out-of-home placement of ward in substitute care of Department of Human Services.

Sent February 22, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 128 days

Senate Bill 737 · Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to post to their websites rates and fee schedules for payments to residential and community-based care providers.

Sent February 22, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 128 days

Senate Bill 741 · Establishes Hospital Cost Commission to regulate billed charges for hospital services.

Sent February 22, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 128 days

Senate Bill 746 · Requires members of sensitive review committee to develop findings and conclusions and make recommendations to Director of Human Services regarding policies and practices.

Sent February 22, 2011 · Reported out after 64 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 769 · Requires person advertising or providing certain health services to post notices and provide certain disclosures about nature of services.

Sent February 22, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 128 days

Senate Bill 780 · Modifies definition of "acupuncture" to include insertion of solid needle into body to treat disorder.

Sent February 22, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 128 days

Senate Bill 787 · Requires health benefit plan to provide coverage of telemedical health service provided in connection with treatment of diabetes that meets certain criteria if health service is otherwise covered by plan.

Sent February 22, 2011 · Reported out after 57 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2047 · Designates private residential boarding school that provides academic education and therapeutic care as "child-caring agency" subject to licensure requirements of Department of Human Services.

Sent February 18, 2011 · Reported out after 94 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2112 · Authorizes laboratory of Oregon Health Authority to examine excretions and environmental samples and perform examinations for government agencies and licensed practitioners outside of Oregon.

Sent February 18, 2011 · Reported out after 76 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 709 · Imposes restrictions on health benefit plan that provides coverage for pharmacy services or prescription drugs.

Sent February 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 132 days

Senate Bill 723 · Changes name of Respiratory Therapist Licensing Board to Respiratory Therapist and Polysomnographic Technologist Licensing Board.

Sent February 18, 2011 · Reported out after 61 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 724 · Prohibits health benefit plan from conditioning coverage of treatment for diabetes or diabetes comorbidity that is prescribed by health care provider on failure of another therapy or treatment.

Sent February 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 132 days

Senate Bill 738 · Permits Oregon Health Authority to approve one or more pilot projects relating to dental health.

Sent February 18, 2011 · Reported out after 69 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2155 · Provides that State Board of Massage Therapists may approve class taken at accredited college or university as certified class for purposes of educational requirements for licensure.

Sent February 17, 2011 · Reported out after 77 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 682 · Requires insurer offering retail value coverage in policy for insured item to pay retail value to insured if valid claim is filed by insured.

Sent February 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 133 days

Senate Bill 684 · Prohibits insurers from denying cancer treatment provided by specified medical facilities on basis that treatment is experimental or investigational.

Sent February 15, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 135 days

Senate Bill 627 · Requires that one chiropractic physician serve on Health Services Commission.

Sent February 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 139 days

Senate Bill 631 · Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to establish and maintain children's psychiatric access telephone line.

Sent February 11, 2011 · Reported out after 21 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 94 · Authorizes Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt uniform standards for health care financial and administrative transactions of specified persons.

Sent February 8, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 3 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 606 · Authorizes Director of Housing and Community Services Department to pay for operating expenses of Hunger Relief Task Force subject to availability of funds.

Sent February 7, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

Senate Bill 565 · Creates Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder and requires commission to report to Legislative Assembly.

Sent February 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 146 days

Senate Bill 571 · Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for payment to Investing in Boardman's Healthy Future Capital Campaign.

Sent February 4, 2011 · Reported out after 68 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 573 · Prohibits health insurer from demanding refund of payment made to satisfy claim of health care provider on or before earlier of date specified in contract with provider or nine months after date of payment.

Sent February 4, 2011 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 575 · Adds two specified representatives as members of Oregon Medical Insurance Pool Board.

Sent February 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 146 days

Senate Bill 578 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to prescribe by rule criteria for health care facilities to be designated as nonprofit and to certify each designation.

Sent February 4, 2011 · Reported out after 82 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 579 · Allows hospital to appoint health care provider and ethics committee to make health care decisions on behalf of patient incapable of making and communicating health care decisions.

Sent February 4, 2011 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 86 · Exempts retainer medical practice from application of Insurance Code if health care provider maintaining practice is certified by Department of Consumer and Business Services and meets specified criteria.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 101 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 88 · Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt prompt payment requirements for long term care insurance.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 58 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 89 · Requires certain health benefit plans to provide coverage of preventive health services as prescribed by United States Department of Health and Human Services and prohibits those plans from imposing cost-sharing requirements on enrollees for preventive health services.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 9 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 90 · Prohibits insurer from canceling, rescinding or refusing to renew policy except for fraud or intentional misrepresentation of material fact.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 9 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 150 · Directs Housing and Community Services Department to designate counties as exception counties if substantial disparity exists between median household income and cost of safe and affordable housing.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days

Senate Bill 151 · Expands and clarifies authority of Housing and Community Services Department regarding use of moneys in Housing Development and Guarantee Account.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 210 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to reimburse primary care practitioners directly or through prepaid managed care health services organizations based on Medicare reimbursement rate.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 101 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 212 · Requires DRG hospitals annually to submit list of charges to Oregon Health Authority.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days

Senate Bill 215 · Requires that administrative law judges assigned from Office of Administrative Hearings to conduct hearing involving health issues arising out of provision or denial of medical assistance must have proven expertise in medical issues, in laws governing state's medical assistance program and in prioritized list of health services established by Health Services Commission.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 72 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 216 · Prohibits Oregon Health Authority from taking actions that cumulatively increase cost to prepaid managed care health services organization of providing health services during one biennium by more than one percent without prior approval of Joint Committee on Ways and Means.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 101 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 374 · Extends reinsurance program for medical professional liability insurance policies provided by State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation for one year.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days

Senate Bill 538 · Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules requiring drug testing of adult applicants for and recipients of public assistance.

Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days

Senate Bill 31 · Provides that person in possession of cremated remains has right to direct manner of disposition of remains in person's possession.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 49 · Establishes Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to perform functions of Drug Use Review Board, which is abolished.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 13 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 51 · Makes permanent provisions allowing health care representative to consent to hospitalization of principal for treatment of behavior caused by dementia.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 66 · Changes chairperson of State Medical Examiner Advisory Board from Chairman of Department of Anatomic Pathology at Oregon Health and Science University to Chair of Department of Pathology.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 32 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 91 · Requires health insurance carrier to offer, in each individual and small group market in which carrier offers health benefit plan, health benefit plan that provides bronze and silver plan coverage.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 13 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 93 · For charges and expenses of injuries related to law enforcement activity, requires provider first to bill and attempt to collect charges and expenses from individual, individual's insurance and responsible third party payer before billing Law Enforcement Medical Liability Account or local correctional facility.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 96 · Expands list of health professional regulatory boards subject to health care workforce data reporting to Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 13 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 98 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt uniform, statewide standards for reporting of health care quality information by health care providers to insurers.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 13 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 99 · Establishes Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation as public corporation to be governed by board of directors and supervised by executive director.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 13 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 100 · Requires health insurance carriers to offer health benefit plan that provides bronze plan coverage.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 13 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 101 · Authorizes payment for dental services under Family Health Insurance Assistance Program and under private health option of Health Care for All Oregon Children program.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 102 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to report to Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly on changes necessary to implement federal health care law.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 13 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 103 · Expands types of entities subject to Oregon Medical Insurance Pool assessment to include third party administrators for self-insurance arrangements.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 13 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 104 · In Family Health Insurance Assistance Program, eliminates asset criteria and authorizes Office of Private Health Partnerships to offer dental only plans, adopt definition of family by rule and adopt rules for recovery of overpayments of subsidies.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 106 · Modifies terminology relating to emergency medical services.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 108 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish and administer injury and violence prevention program.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 111 · Establishes statewide audio newspaper service for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 134 · Allows State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and State Board of Pharmacy to establish certain fees by rule.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 137 · Clarifies that student serving internship that covers both funeral service and embalming must be supervised by practitioner with combination funeral service practitioner and embalmer license.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 138 · Allows Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine to assess costs of disciplinary proceedings and impose other disciplinary action on person subject to discipline.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 76 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 139 · Modifies examination requirements for applicant for license to practice naturopathic medicine.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 76 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 141 · Modifies provisions relating to State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and licensure of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 184 · Establishes Oregon Health Access Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Oregon Health Authority for specified purposes.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 187 · Requires Department of Human Services to release and disclose reports and records of child abuse investigations upon request of member of Legislative Assembly for purposes of responding to constituent's complaint or grievance or for the conduct of legislative business.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 196 · Requires Department of Human Services and counties to implement Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs in each county of state to provide family preservation and reunification services for children in department's legal custody.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 197 · Prohibits Oregon Health Authority from discriminating based on claims volume in rates of reimbursement for dispensing prescription drugs in medical assistance program.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 199 · Requires certain employers to offer annual vaccinations at no cost to health care employees and to require vaccinations as condition of employment.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 200 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop criteria for and to designate primary stroke centers.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 201 · Provides that enrollee may transfer from one prepaid managed care health services organization to another organization no more than once during each enrollment period.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 104 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 202 · Requires hospital to obtain certificate of need for capital project.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 103 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 203 · Requires physician to practice medicine without interference or influence by persons not licensed to practice medicine. .

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 204 · Allows disclosure of identity of person between health care providers and prepaid managed care health services organizations that are paid by state health plan to provide care to person.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 103 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 205 · Requires medical staff bylaws at health care facility to provide for fair hearing process to challenge denial, revocation, suspension or restriction of physician privileges.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 103 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 206 · Prohibits use and disclosure without patient authorization and for fundraising activities, protected health information held by health care providers, health insurers and health care clearinghouses.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 207 · Requires Oregon Patient Safety Commission to establish system for patients to report to commission serious adverse events occurring in hospitals.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 208 · Prohibits hospitals from billing to or attempting to collect from uninsured patients charges that exceed either Medicare rate or rate paid by hospital's highest volume commercial insurer.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 209 · Requires hospitals to annually report executive compensation of hospital administrator and to annually report financial relationships between hospital and members of board of directors of hospital.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 103 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 211 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to give preference in contracting to prepaid managed care health services organizations that are community focused, have experience with medical assistance recipients and have established relationships with provider networks.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 213 · Makes legislative findings regarding emergency medical services.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 214 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to reconcile claims made by and payments due to prepaid managed care health services organizations no later than 90 days after effective date of Act and to pay claims identified within 30 days.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 221 · Makes permanent provisions allowing health care representative to consent to hospitalization of principal for treatment of behavior caused by dementia.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 222 · Establishes Durable Medical Equipment Supplier Licensing Board in Oregon Health Licensing Agency.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 224 · Modifies provisions relating to regulation of physician assistants.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 98 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 225 · Directs Oregon Health Authority to study methods used in other states to address issues relating to scope of practice of health professionals.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 97 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 227 · Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to issue certificates to dental therapists to perform certain dental services.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 228 · Authorizes Oregon Medical Board to issue certificates of prescriptive authority to certain licensed psychologists who meet specified requirements.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 229 · Requires health benefit plan to cover services provided by naturopath if plan would cover same services provided by physician.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 230 · Expands purposes for which professional corporation may be organized to include professional corporation to practice health care services.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 232 · Clarifies educational requirements for limited access permit dental hygienist.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 233 · Requires hospital that is affiliated with health system to use same procedures with respect to privileges that are used for physicians who are not affiliated with health system as are used for physicians who are affiliated with health system.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 234 · Modifies terminology relating to emergency medical services providers.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 96 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 235 · Establishes medical education loan program fund for new primary care physicians in Oregon.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 236 · Makes participation in Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program mandatory for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 237 · Extends whistleblower protection for hospital nursing staff to additional hospital staff.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 238 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to conduct review of rules adopted by authority relating to mental health and addiction treatment providers to determine if excessive requirements and redundancies can be eliminated and if process for collecting patient data can be streamlined.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 105 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 239 · Requires Office of Rural Health to review designation of rural hospitals at least once every five years.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 256 · Creates Task Force on Technology and Security of Personal Health Care Information.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 288 · Authorizes limited disclosure of child welfare records to specified individuals if purpose of disclosure is to determine if Department of Human Services acted within scope of department's authority.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 98 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 339 · Establishes Early Childhood Matters Advisory Council in Governor's office.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 348 · Designates May of each year Lupus Awareness Month and makes May 10, 2011, Oregon Lupus Day.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 413 · Modifies responsibilities of Department of Human Services when responding to complaints regarding residential facilities licensed by department.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 25 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 419 · Clarifies definition of "abuse" in Elderly Persons and Persons With Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act with respect to conduct involving elements of speech.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 27 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 428 · Authorizes placement of child in facility that provides care and services to victims of sexual exploitation if child engages in certain prostitution-related activities and if peace officer or other person taking child into protective custody has reason to believe that, if released, child is likely to continue to engage in prostitution-related activities.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 27 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 433 · Expands eligibility for medical assistance for low-income and uninsured women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 439 · Clarifies that statutes regulating physical therapy apply to person who uses word or title to induce belief that person is practicing physical therapy.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 454 · Exempts certain practitioners from regulation by State Board of Massage Therapists.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 77 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 461 · Establishes credit against personal income taxes for 40 percent of premiums paid by individual taxpayers for coverage of taxpayer, spouse or dependent.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 493 · Establishes Task Force on Oregon Curriculum and Training Standards for Performing Clinical Breast Examinations.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 96 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 498 · Makes legislative finding that Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 are unconstitutional.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days

Senate Bill 514 · Requires Oregon Medical Insurance Pool Board to consider costs of reinsurance program for children's coverage when determining sufficiency of funds in Oregon Medical Insurance Pool Account.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 555 · Adds new definitions and requirements for health insurance coverage of autism spectrum disorders.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 111 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 563 · Allows previously licensed, certified or otherwise authorized health care provider to register as emergency health care provider and to provide health care services without license or certification during Governor-declared emergency.

Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 84 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 97 · Requires Oregon Health Authority and specified regulatory boards to develop standards and list of opportunities for continuing education in cultural competence and to develop and implement such education for licensed health care providers.

Sent January 12, 2011 · Reported out after 97 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 107 · Clarifies that Oregon Health Authority may release information from immunization registry and tracking and recall system for purposes of outreach to clients who have missed public health interventions and for purposes of public health assessment and evaluation.

Sent January 12, 2011 · Reported out after 91 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 140 · Allows Occupational Therapy Licensing Board to deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew license or impose probationary conditions if licensee or applicant violates statutes administered by board.

Sent January 12, 2011 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 152 · Relieves Director of Housing and Community Services Department of responsibility for providing staff support for and payment of operating expenses of Hunger Relief Task Force.

Sent January 12, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 169 days